Properties the city of Greenville wants to designate as historic

The city of Greenville is trying to cast a wider net over properties that could be considered historic.

Last summer, a consultant surveyed more than 1,600 properties, many suggested by the public, and came up with a list of 12 properties that should be considered for historic designation, along with suggestions for new historic neighborhood districts.

The Max and Trude Heller home on Pinehurst Drive is noted for its mid-20th century architecture and ...more

The Max and Trude Heller home on Pinehurst Drive is noted for its mid-20th century architecture and as home of the former Greenville mayor.

Eric Connor

The suggestions are still in the review phase.

Here they are:

Max and Trude Heller House

36 Pinehurst Dr.

The home in the North Main community, built circa 1955, is significant for its embodiment of the design characteristics, workmanship and materials of a Mid-century Modern style house.

It was first owned by former Greenville Mayor Max Heller and his wife, Trude, an educator and survivor of the Holocaust. Like his wife a Jewish immigrant, Max Heller is credited with the early vision, during his tenure as mayor from 1971-79, to transform Main Street and downtown into a revitalized destination..

The house is recommended for preservation based both on its high degree of architectural integrity and association with local politics and government.

Stone School

115 Randall St.

Stone School, built in 1923 on Robinson Street and known now as Stone Academy, was once a high ...more

Stone School, built in 1923 on Robinson Street and known now as Stone Academy, was once a high school.

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The Stone School was built in 1923 on land donated by Eugene Stone, who deeded his property to the school district for $2,000, half the market price. In exchange, the school was named after his family.

Today, the older section of the brick building is connected to a new addition. They make up Stone Academy, an elementary-level magnet school.

The older section, designed by brothers Frank H. and Joseph G. Cunningham of Greenville, was built two stories tall in a Gothic Revival architectural style. The school’s historic name and date are engraved into emblems above each entrance.

While the addition has been added, the school retains its architectural integrity. Its nomination is based on its contribution to architectural and educational history.

Bouharoun's

301 Falls St.

Bouharoun's package store is on a list of historically significant buildings in Greenville.

Bouharoun's package store is on a list of historically significant buildings in Greenville.

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The building was constructed in 1946 by Stanley Brown, an immigrant of Russian-Jewish descent.

“The building represents the Art Deco style, and a lot of them are gone," Bouharoun's owner Peter Bouharoun said.

Marquette Grocery Store

The Marquette grocery store was so named in 1950 and operated until 2015 on Augusta Street.

The Marquette grocery store was so named in 1950 and operated until 2015 on Augusta Street.

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The Marquette Grocery Store was the longest-operating grocery store in the Greater Sullivan area.

It was built in 1928 and known as the Market Basket before it was renamed The Marquette in the 1950s. The store operated until 2015 and is currently for sale.

The structure is an example of an early-20th-century masonry veneer, one-part commercial block building. The store is recommended for historic preservation based on its contribution to development of local commerce.

Temple of Israel

115 Buist Ave.

The Temple of Israel building on Buist Avenue was built in 1928 and today is Fellowship Bible ...more

The Temple of Israel building on Buist Avenue was built in 1928 and today is Fellowship Bible Church.

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The congregation of the Temple of Israel, founded in 1913, commissioned construction of the building in 1928.

Local architecture firm Beacham and LeGrand designed the temple, which was built in a Neoclassical style with tall windows still intact. The congregation added a social hall in 1952, which features a Mid-century Modern institutional design.

A school building addition was built in 1968 and altered in 1978.

It serves today as home to Fellowship Bible Church.

The building is recommended for preservation based on its example of early-20th-century religious architecture and for its association with Greenville’s Jewish community.

McClaren Medical Shelter

110 Wardlaw St.

The McCLaren Medical Shelter on Wardlaw Street was built around 1940. It was a hospital that served ...more

The McCLaren Medical Shelter on Wardlaw Street was built around 1940. It was a hospital that served African-Americans.

Eric Connor

Dr. E.E. McClaren bought the property in 1938 and in 1940 built what would become a private clinic that catered to the African-American community after the Working Benevolent Hospital was torn down. The clinic opened in 1949.

The one-story, brick building sits on a raised basement.

The building currently serves as the Ward Artist Studios and is for sale. The property is recommended for preservation based on its contribution to African-American ethnic history.

Maternity Shelter Hospital

1200 Pendleton St.

The former site of Maternity Shelter Hospital built in 1954 on Pendleton Street in the Village of ...more

The former site of Maternity Shelter Hospital built in 1954 on Pendleton Street in the Village of West Greenville is now inhabited temporarily by the S.C. Children's Theatre and was previously an office for SHARE.

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Most recently, the building was known as the offices of the SHARE social services organization, but today it’s a temporary home for the South Carolina Children’s Theatre.

It was built in 1954 on the site of the former West Greenville Elementary School as a maternity shelter hospital serving the mill village.

Lawrence Peter Hollis, superintendent of the Parker School District, helped found the shelter. Hollis organized the first Boy Scout troop in South Carolina, headed the Monaghan YMCA and is credited with introducing vocational education in the state.

The structure itself is labeled as Mid-century Modern, but its recommendation is based on its association with the development of local civic and social history.

B.H. Peace House

230 West Mountainview Ave.

This 1919 residence on West Mountainview Avenue was owned by the Peace family until the 1960s.

This 1919 residence on West Mountainview Avenue was owned by the Peace family until the 1960s.

Eric Connor

The home of former Greenville News owner and publisher B.H. Peace was built in 1919.

The home, with a two-story central block with one-story wings on either side, remained within the Peace family until the 1960s.

It is recommended as an intact example of an early-20th-century Italian Renaissance Revival style residence.

Wesleyan Methodist Church

31 Burdette St.

The 1912 former Wesleyan Methodist Church on Burdette Street in the Village of West Greenville. ...more

The 1912 former Wesleyan Methodist Church on Burdette Street in the Village of West Greenville. It's now Christian Outreach Ministries Baptist Church.

Eric Connor

The Wesleyan Methodist Church was established in 1912 in the Village of West Greenville neighborhood and remained so until it became Life Tabernacle Church sometime in the mid-1950s. The building currently is inhabited by Christian Outreach Ministries Baptist Church.

The rectangular building’s prominent distinction is a rusticated concrete block exterior wall finish that gives the appearance of stone masonry. The veneer is a local material used on several commercial resources in the village, which contributes to its local significance.

The church is recommended for preservation based on its contribution as an intact example of early-20th-century religious architecture.

Robertson Mount Vernon House

6 Ashley Ave.

This home on Ashley Avenue was built around 1950 and is considered a copy of George Washington's ...more

This home on Ashley Avenue was built around 1950 and is considered a copy of George Washington's Mount Vernon home.

Eric Connor

The home, built circa 1950, is a scaled-down imitation of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home.

The first residents were Ernest L. and Ruth A. Robertson.

The two-story home is finished with brick veneer and has a full-height front portico that extends across the entire front elevation, supported with square Doric columns.

The home is recommended as an intact example of a Colonial Revival residence.

Unidentified commercial building

715 Pendleton St.

A commercial building on Pendleton Street has been identified as a potentially historic example of ...more

A commercial building on Pendleton Street has been identified as a potentially historic example of 1950s architecture.

Eric Connor

The commercial building was constructed sometime around the mid-1950s and is considered indicative of the Mid-century Modern architectural style.

The entrance portico features a triangular-shaped, poured concrete overhang supported with a single brick square post. The overhangs are repeated over windows on the side and rear, providing horizontal emphasis to the building in contrast to the vertical emphasis of the masonry walls.

It is recommended on the basis of architectural significance.

Mills Mill

208 Guess St.

208 Guess St.

208 Guess St.

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The community building was built around 1920 to offer recreational activities for workers and families of the nearby Mills Mill on Mills Avenue.

The brick building served as a hub of the mill village for athletic teams to meet and textile mill bands to practice, and as gathering place for holiday activities and other events.